Let’s face it. Most athletes understand what it takes to succeed. It’s no secret, after all, that to advance your race readiness, you must put in substantial amounts of hard work. Yet don’t let this focus on hard work blind you to the crucial role easy days play in any training program. It is important to distinguish between working hard during key training sessions and … [Read more...] about Avoid the Dead-End Training Zone
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Video: Leg Swings
This video demonstrates three types of leg swings that runners and triathletes can incorporate into their dynamic warmup and warmdown. Leg swings are designed to warmup muscles and increase mobility around the hip joint prior to activity. There are three movement patterns for these leg swings. The first two are based on the spiral-diagonal movement patterns that arise … [Read more...] about Video: Leg Swings
Tuning into Heart Rate to Prevent Overtraining
Understanding how to balance training and recovery is key to any athlete’s success. As an athlete, you need to work hard to achieve fitness gains but not so hard as to end up in the dreaded overtraining zone. Once you’ve dug yourself into a hole with overtraining, it may take several weeks to climb out; and extreme cases can be season ending. So overtraining is obviously to be … [Read more...] about Tuning into Heart Rate to Prevent Overtraining
Drills for Proper Running Form
Runners who regularly incorporate drills into their training are better able to recruit muscles needed for the task, leaving them less injury-prone. And when the going gets tough, they are more efficient than the runner who doesn't work on proper form. Given that an improvement to running economy can be just as good as an improvement in V̇O2max when it comes to that final … [Read more...] about Drills for Proper Running Form
Video: Running Drills
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